Overview

Authentication in HyWorks is a process of validating credentials provided by against a configured authentication server like Microsoft Active Directory, Novell e-Directory Server, LDAP based directory server or HyWorks built-in directory.

Authorization in HyWorks is a process of getting entitlements for user, that can be directly assigned to the user or can be assigned to groups or OU, to which user is member of.

Whenever administrators or end-users logs in to HyWorks from device endpoint, they authenticated with the configured authentication server.

Authorization and Authentication servers can be same but decision can be taken based on based on deployment use cases.

• Authentication servers are added and managed from HyWorks Management Console > Server > Authentication

• Configure a server as authentication or authorization server from HyWorks Management Console > Workspace > Organizations

In this section of document, following topics will be covered:

• Default Authentication and Authorization Configuration Post HyWorks Installation

• System Pre-requisites for Adding an Authentication server

• Authentication Servers Management in HyWorks

• Monitoring Authentication Server Status and Failure Status

• Failover Configuration for Authentication Server